Genius, Eh?

[wlotus]

Today's TUT Note from the Universe starts with this sentence, "An unmistakable trait of every true genius, W, is their persistent awareness of how much more there is to know." Not only would this explain why I am often overwhelmed when trying to learn--i.e., trying to know inside and out, upside and down, with no stone left unturned--something new, it suggests that I am a genius for knowing nothing is as simple as it appears on the surface.

Hmmmm...interesting suggestion, and far more validating than the complaints I have heard from others about my "annoying" tendency to "over-think" and "over-analyze" things..

Comments

[aamusedinatx.livejournal.com]

Next time someone complains like that you can whack them with a mallet which says "CAUTION! Genius at work!"

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

LOL! And I'll tell 'em you told me to do it!

[faerie-spark.livejournal.com]

LOL. I like that.

The only time "overthinking" is a problem, as far as I'm concerned, is when it causes emotional distress for the "overthinker". And no one (save, perhaps, the "overthinker's" therapist or soul mate, or the "overthinker" herself) is in a position to judge that.

Eally do like the idea of genius at work, though.

Signed,

Faerie Spark, who would like her muse to hear this.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Have you and your muse been "fighting"?

[faerie-spark.livejournal.com]

My muse seems rather silent lately, though I suspect that recalcitrance (spelling?) and lack of work ethic on my part have contributed to her seeming unwillingness to generate ideas.